“Serbia puts too much faith in Russia”

A Russian expert says Serbia shows excessive faith in Moscow’s willingness to use its veto powers at the UN.

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Saturday, 17.02.2007.

12:08

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“Serbia puts too much faith in Russia”

Blic daily reported Piontkovski as saying that although Russia showed support for Serbia in the process determining Kosovo’s future status, it is at the same time considering its own interests, since an independent Kosovo would enable for the independence of Abkhazia, North Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh, “something Russia wishes to see happen”.

“It will be impossible to tell what Moscow might do until the very last moment, but I cannot rule out the possibility it will, after all, decide to protect its own interests”, Piontkovski told Blic.

Meanwhile, Moscow daily Kommersant said yesterday Belgrade’s decision to reject Ahtisaari’s plan for Kosovo’s future rendered the upcoming Vienna talks “meaningless”, showing that Serbia counted on a Russian veto at the UN Security Council “from the beginning”.

“By avoiding to fight to change the Kosovo plan, Serbia is in effect relaying the problem to Russia”, the Moscow daily said.

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